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{{Infobox film
| name = Arabikkatha
| image = Arabikkatha.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Central Home Entertainment DVD cover
| director = [[Lal Jose]]
| producer = Hassan Sainullabdeen
| writer = [[Iqbal Kuttippuram]]
| narrator =
| starring = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Sreenivasan]]|[[Indrajith Sukumaran]]|Zhang Chu Min|[[Jayasurya]]|[[Samvrutha Sunil]]|[[Shivaji Guruvayoor]]|[[Jagathy Sreekumar]]|[[Salim Kumar]]|[[Nedumudi Venu]]|[[Suraj Venjarammoodu]]}}
| music = [[Bijibal]]
| cinematography = Manoj Pillai
| editing = Ranjan Abraham
| studio =
| distributor = Balaji Movies<br>Sagar Release
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2007|07|15}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Arabikkatha''''' ({{Literal translation|Arabian tale}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[satirical]]-[[drama film]] directed by [[Lal Jose]] and written by [[Ikbal Kuttipuram]]. The film was a critical<ref>{{cite news |title=Arabikatha takes the cake |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/15/stories/2007071550720200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026115031/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/15/stories/2007071550720200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-26 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2007-07-15 |accessdate=2008-03-06 }}</ref> and commercial success in India<ref>{{cite news |title='Arabikatha' turns out to be a success tale |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/18/stories/2007071851120200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622235127/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/18/stories/2007071851120200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-06-22 |date=2007-07-18 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2008-03-06 }}</ref> and the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hit Malayalam film showing in Doha today |url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=178084&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 |work=[[Gulf Times]] |date=2007-10-12 |accessdate=2008-03-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013231644/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=178084&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 |archivedate=13 October 2007 }}</ref> It deals with differences within the [[Communist]] movement,<ref>{{cite news|title=Arabikatha a tale on Communism's strife |url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEE20070710010207&Page=E&Title=Startrek&Topic=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070422121608/http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEE20070710010207&Page=E&Title=Startrek&Topic=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-04-22 |work=newindpress.com |publisher=[[New Indian Express]] Group |date=2007-07-10 |accessdate=2008-03-06 }}</ref> and was produced against a background of real-life splits in the ruling [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party]] in [[Kerala state]], India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Movie throws light on split in ruling party |url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=161196&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 |work=Gulf Times |date=2007-07-16 |accessdate=2008-03-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607073546/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=161196&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 |archivedate=7 June 2011 }}</ref>

==Plot==
The film narrates the story of "Cuba" Mukundan. He is a staunch [[leftist]] who lives for the movement. Machinations of a corrupt politician Karunan who perceives Mukundan as a threat to his political career force Mukundan to take up a job in Dubai. Even in Dubai, he finds that Kunjunny Muthalaly who was in league with Karunan is in Dubai, exploiting the helpless labourers who migrate to the [[Persian Gulf]] region, performing menial jobs and physical labor in order to support their families back home. He has always had a soft corner for People's Republic of China as a result of his leftist leanings and when he meets Zhang Chu Min, a Chinese girl, she quickly finds a special place in his heart as she symbolizes China to him. Later even after realising that she is an anti communist and is there to make money for the treatment of her boyfriend who fought against the [[Government of the People's Republic of China|Chinese Government]], he gives her his earnings saying a communist never keeps money more than his requirements. Mukundan, with the help of his friends Anwar, Maya, and Karim, exposes the machinations of Karunan and Kunjunny Muthalaly. Finally Mukundan returns home to work for the political cause which has been his life and love.

The movie depicts Mukundan who lives in rural Kerala being catapulted into Dubai, the gleaming world of commerce and industry that gives employment opportunity to workers from Kerala. Mukundan who finds himself in present society where sticking to any ideology without any compromises is perceived as something of an [[anachronism]].

==Cast==
* [[Sreenivasan]] as Sakhavu "Cuba" Mukundan
* [[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]] as Anwar
* [[Jayasurya]] as Sidharthan
* Zhang Shu Mi as Zhang Chu Min
* [[Samvrutha Sunil]] as Maya
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Karim
* [[Sadiq (Indian actor)|Sadiq]] as Abbas
* [[K. T. C. Abdullah]] as Abdullah "Ikka"
* [[Shivaji Guruvayoor]] as Sakhavu Karunan
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Kunjunni "Muthalali"
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as "Society" Gopalan, Mukundan's father
* Moideen Koya as Vishwam Kathalikkadu
* [[Atlas Ramachandran]] as "Coat" Nambiar
* [[Kozhikode Narayanan Nair]] as Ravunni Mash
* [[Suraj Venjaramood]] as James
* [[Augustine (actor)|Augustine]] as Varghese
* Satheesh Menon as Pakistani Supervisor
* [[Manikandan Pattambi]]

==Soundtrack==
Arabikkatha's songs and background score are composed by [[Bijibal]], who made his debut through this film. The lyrics were written by [[Anil Panachooran]], who was also a debutant. The music album has 7 songs:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track !! Song Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1 || "Thirike Njan" || [[Dr. K. J. Yesudas]]
|-
| 2 || "Tharakaramalarukal" || [[Vineeth Sreenivasan]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
|-
| 3 || "Thaane Paadum Veene" || Rajeev Kodampally, Soumya T. R.
|-
| 4 || "Chora Veena" || [[Anil Panachooran]]
|}

==Box office==
The film was both commercial and critical success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sreenivasan-roped-in-for-lal-joses-next/articleshow/62095843.cms|title=Sreenivasan roped in for Lal Jose’s next|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=16 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/report/first-look-joshiys-sevens/20110707.htm|title=
First Look: Joshiy's Sevens|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=7 July 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0928194}}
{{Lal Jose}}

[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2007 drama films]]
[[Category:Films shot in the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:Films about communism]]
[[Category:Films directed by Lal Jose]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]

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